----- Original Message ---- > From: Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com> > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:29:41 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] applying kernel patch > > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 16:22, Steven Vishootwrote: > > just wondering, why would you not want the latest kernel? > > Because it will potentially not run "as smooth" as the kernel version > shipped by CentOS. While newer kernels typically improve hardware > support, they also introduce changes that are incompatible with the > userland utilities provided in CentOS, so these changes may actually > *break* something that works with an older version... > > It's all part of what is called an "Enterprise Linux Distribution". > When you choose such a distribution, you basically accept that some of > your packages will be somewhat outdated (with backports for security > issues) but on the other hand you know the components have been more > tested together than with other "bleeding edge" distros... If you want > to run a more updated kernel, you should probably look into Fedora or > Ubuntu. If you want to run *the* latest kernel, you should probably > look into Gentoo. However those are admittedly not as stable as > CentOS/RHEL is. > > HTH, > Filipe > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos sorry i meant the latest Centos kernel, not kernel.org one.. Is the kernel that OP was talking about the latest? i haven't look at my system yet. sorry for the confusion